Psalm 79:2
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
They have givenנָֽתְנ֡וּ
(na·te·nu)
5414: to give, put, seta prim. root
the dead bodiesנִבְלַ֬ת
(niv·lat)
5038: a carcass, corpsefrom nabel
of Your servantsעֲבָדֶ֗יךָ
(a·va·dei·cha)
5650: slave, servantfrom abad
for foodמַ֭אֲכָל
(ma·'a·chol)
3978: foodfrom akal
to the birdsלְעֹ֣וף
(le·'o·vf)
5775: flying creaturesfrom uph
of the heavens,הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם
(ha·sha·ma·yim;)
8064: heaven, skyfrom an unused word
The fleshבְּשַׂ֥ר
(be·sar)
1320: fleshfrom basar
of Your godly onesחֲ֝סִידֶ֗יךָ
(cha·si·dei·cha)
2623: kind, piousfrom chasad
to the beasts 
 
2421b: living thing, animalfrom chayah
of the earth.אָֽרֶץ׃
(a·retz.)
776: earth, landa prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
The dead bodies
nbelah  (neb-ay-law')
a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol -- (dead) body, (dead) carcase, dead of itself, which died, (beast) that (which) dieth of itself.
of thy servants
`ebed  (eh'-bed)
a servant -- bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
have they given
nathan  (naw-than')
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
to be meat
ma'akal  (mah-ak-awl')
an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit) -- food, fruit, (bake-) meat(-s), victual.
unto the fowls
`owph  (ofe)
a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively -- bird, that flieth, flying, fowl.
of the heaven
shamayim  (shaw-mah'-yim)
air, astrologer, heaven(-s).
the flesh
basar  (baw-sawr')
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man -- body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
of thy saints
chaciyd  (khaw-seed')
kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint) -- godly (man), good, holy (one), merciful, saint, (un-)godly.
unto the beasts
chay  (khah'-ee)
age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
of the earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
They have given the dead bodies of Your servants for food to the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.

King James Bible
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They gave the corpses of Your servants to the birds of the sky for food, the flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.

International Standard Version
to give the corpses of your servants as food for the birds of the skies and the flesh of your godly ones to the beasts of the earth;

NET Bible
They have given the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky; the flesh of your loyal followers to the beasts of the earth.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
They gave the corpses of your Servants as food for birds of the sky and the flesh of your righteous ones to the animals of the Earth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They have given the dead bodies of your servants to the birds for food. They have given the flesh of your godly ones to the animals.

King James 2000 Bible
The dead bodies of your servants have they given to be food unto the fowls of heaven, the flesh of your saints unto the beasts of the earth.
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